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-mus

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Finnish

Etymology

-m- + -us

Suffix

-mus (front vowel harmony variant -mys, linguistic notation -mUs)

  1. Forms nouns from verbs. Variant of -us used with verbs of conjugation type 61 (sallia), and those verbs in types 52 (sanoa) and 53 (muistaa) whose stem consists of at most two syllables
    tutkia (to study, explore, investigate) + -mustutkimus (research, investigation)
    luottaa (to trust) + -musluottamus (trust)
  2. Forms names for people and things from stems.
    yli- (over, upper) + -musylimys (aristocrat)
    surkea (miserable) + -mussurkimus (weakling)
    pyhä (holy) + -muspyhimys (saint)
    iso (large) + -musisomus (large gold nugget)

Usage notes

When attached to verbs ending in the derivational affix -utua / -ytyä, the -tu- / -ty- is elided (e.g. sitoutua + -mus sitoumus instead of sitoutumus, which may be found in older language).

Declension

More information nominative, genitive ...
More information first-person singular possessor, singular ...

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Northern Sami: -muš
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Ingrian

Etymology

From -m- + -us. Akin to Finnish -mus.

Pronunciation

Suffix

-mus (front vowel variant -ys)

  1. Used to form action nouns from verbs: -ing
    kysy- (to ask) + -muskysymys (question)

Declension

More information Declension of (type 2/petos, no gradation), singular ...

Derived terms

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Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic [Term?].

Pronunciation

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Suffix

-mus (with odd-syllable stems -eamọs)

  1. Forms the superlative of adjectives.

Usage notes

  • This suffix triggers the weak grade on a preceding stressed syllable.

Inflection

More information Even a-stem, ss-s gradation, Attributive ...

Derived terms

  • See Category:Northern Sami adjective superlative forms

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